Superbly written. Well worth a look if you are interested in the subject.

warspite1

Half way through now - a very well written, interesting book.

Just as when reading about Guadalcanal - and just about every aspect of Japanese conduct in and around WWII -I am staggered, frustrated, angry, bewildered.

The army general staff not issuing orders as such, as this was considered impolite, allowing the Kwantung Army to do as it pleased.

And as for Gekokujo..I mean what the hell was that all about?

The sheer incompetence of the Japanese military in conducting operations was quite astounding. The more I read about the Japanese in WWII the more anger I feel about the fall of Malaya and Singapore .

I generally do not read Contemporary War Novels/Accounts but now you have me interested. I will see if I can find it somewhere.

Currently just finished reading this:

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Absolutely phenomenal and picked this up now :

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But a friend of mine loaned me this Zombie Apocalypse novel or more of an Anthology and haven't been able to put it down as I love the way it is snap shots of various events told form 200 years in the past in London to present day London and the rest of the world.

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Radic, I love the Patrick Rothfuss books, they rank up there with George Martin's A Son of Ice and Fire.

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"I hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print them as facts. I regard them as spies, which, in truth, they are. If I killed them all there would be news from Hell before breakfast."- W.T. Sherman

Superbly written. Well worth a look if you are interested in the subject.

warspite1

Half way through now - a very well written, interesting book.

Just as when reading about Guadalcanal - and just about every aspect of Japanese conduct in and around WWII -I am staggered, frustrated, angry, bewildered.

The army general staff not issuing orders as such, as this was considered impolite, allowing the Kwantung Army to do as it pleased.

And as for Gekokujo..I mean what the hell was that all about?

The sheer incompetence of the Japanese military in conducting operations was quite astounding. The more I read about the Japanese in WWII the more anger I feel about the fall of Malaya and Singapore .

warspite1

Just finished this excellent book and now straight into Churchill & Sea Power.

"Even Churchill's greatest critics will have to make some revisions of their opinions after reading this important book". so says naval historian Eric Grove.

Glad of your approval warspite1, I ordered the book from Amazon moments ago. Sounds great.

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"I hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print them as facts. I regard them as spies, which, in truth, they are. If I killed them all there would be news from Hell before breakfast."- W.T. Sherman

The incident has been presented to us in shockingly false colors, We were told how the President was in his study on Sunday for a day of rest, confident nothing would happen after his appeal the night before to Hirohito not to precipitate war. He was chatting with Harry Hopkins and fiddling with his stamp collection, while Mrs. Roosevelt entertained in another quarter one of her innumerable groups of uplifters. Then – all of a sudden – out of a clear sky, came news of the attack on Pearl Harbor. It's a good picture, but utterly fraudulent. That is not the way things happened. The preceding night – Saturday – the government had got hold of the text of that very document which the Japanese would present the next day. It went to Mr. Roosevelt at 10 P.M. Hull. Knox and Stimson had it. They knew now what was to happen. Hull telephoned Knox and Stimson to meet him next morning for a conference at 10.

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Germany's unforgivable crime before the Second World War was her attempt to extricate her economy from the world's trading system and to create her own exchange mechanism which would deny world finance its opportunity to profit. — Winston Churchill

Germany's unforgivable crime before the Second World War was her attempt to extricate her economy from the world's trading system and to create her own exchange mechanism which would deny world finance its opportunity to profit. — Winston Churchill

Germany's unforgivable crime before the Second World War was her attempt to extricate her economy from the world's trading system and to create her own exchange mechanism which would deny world finance its opportunity to profit. — Winston Churchill

Now starting on the first of four - Commander The Great War-inspired - reading materials:

The First World War - Martin Gilbert The Pity of War - Niall Ferguson Castles of Steel - Robert Massie The Sleepwalkers - Christopher Clark

warspite1

Really enjoying reading the Gilbert book. I guess one of the good things about it is that, unlike World War II, much of what I am reading is brand new to me. I like the way he brings famous characters into the story too. I have got upto Chapter 4 (From Mons to the Marne) and I have come across Rommel, Hitler, De Gaulle and Lenin to name but four.

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England expects that every man will do his duty - Horatio Nelson 1805.

Half-way through Gilbert's The First World War. A very good read for an overview of the 1914-1918 conflict. However, I am itching to get going on Massie's Castles of Steel so have begun that too (one for the train to/from work and one for bedtime reading!).

I have to say that, having read the opening chapter, Castles of Steel is going to be gooooood

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England expects that every man will do his duty - Horatio Nelson 1805.

Half-way through Gilbert's The First World War. A very good read for an overview of the 1914-1918 conflict. However, I am itching to get going on Massie's Castles of Steel so have begun that too (one for the train to/from work and one for bedtime reading!).

I have to say that, having read the opening chapter, Castles of Steel is going to be gooooood

"I hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print them as facts. I regard them as spies, which, in truth, they are. If I killed them all there would be news from Hell before breakfast."- W.T. Sherman

"The Bloody Triangle"the defeat of soviet armor in the ukraine,june 1941 by Victor Kaminer.

This is on my list to read, how do you like it so far?

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"I hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print them as facts. I regard them as spies, which, in truth, they are. If I killed them all there would be news from Hell before breakfast."- W.T. Sherman

it is intereseting because it covers the russian side extensivly and really shows the mistakes on their side. suggested reading

Okay, I will read it then.

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"I hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print them as facts. I regard them as spies, which, in truth, they are. If I killed them all there would be news from Hell before breakfast."- W.T. Sherman

Started "The Kindly Ones" Jonathan Littell. Not sure I'll make it through the whole 975pp, though it is ...interesting so far ~ in a horrible way.

For lighter relief (and to share stories with my 7 year old daughter) I'm getting "The Children of Hurin" (Tolkien) from the library. She'll want to chatter about it once she gets around to it (a Christmas present) ~ she's currently ploughing through The Two Towers, so I've got a bit of time yet ;) Apparently (which is why she asked for it) it has more of Sauron's earlier history.

Germany's unforgivable crime before the Second World War was her attempt to extricate her economy from the world's trading system and to create her own exchange mechanism which would deny world finance its opportunity to profit. — Winston Churchill

Started "The Kindly Ones" Jonathan Littell. Not sure I'll make it through the whole 975pp, though it is ...interesting so far ~ in a horrible way.

For lighter relief (and to share stories with my 7 year old daughter) I'm getting "The Children of Hurin" (Tolkien) from the library. She'll want to chatter about it once she gets around to it (a Christmas present) ~ she's currently ploughing through The Two Towers, so I've got a bit of time yet ;)

I wouldn't call "The Children of Hurin" a lighter relief as it is a tragedy :D .

Damn, I envy you reading the "The Kindly Ones" for the first time.

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Without social solidarity manifested in the form of welfare state, people inhabiting one territory are a non-nation of mortal enemies engaged in competition for survival.

"I hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print them as facts. I regard them as spies, which, in truth, they are. If I killed them all there would be news from Hell before breakfast."- W.T. Sherman

Germany's unforgivable crime before the Second World War was her attempt to extricate her economy from the world's trading system and to create her own exchange mechanism which would deny world finance its opportunity to profit. — Winston Churchill